Has this happened to you?

[airsoftmodels]

I went to Einstein bagels today which I frequently go to.  Out of the blue, the manager asked me if I play video games.  I told him I play retro/vintage video games only.  I told him I have an Atari 8 bit and Apple II computer which I play games on.  Then I asked him if he has ever heard of the Turbografx-16? 

He says are you kidding, I talked my parents into getting me the TurboDuo when I was a kid!  He then mentioned a handful of games he remembers having such as Valis.  We went back and forth naming off great games for the TG-16.  That was the highlight of my day today.  When I go back, I will probably talk to him some more about his TurboDuo.

[Sadler]

I was talking to a guy at work the other day about games and mentioned Ys. Turns out he was well aware of the TG16 and actually owns a PC Engine now. Blew my mind, I really didn't see that coming.

[VenomMacbeth]

The closest I've ever gotten was when a coworker told me he used to own a Master System & Genesis, then we talked about Landstalker for a little bit.  Never have I met anyone that knows anything about the 16 graffiks which are turbo.

[o.pwuaioc]

A friend and I had both been collecting games for a while before we found out the other person was doing so.

[Groover]

I found out a coworker has a 3DO and likes to play Gex. That was a surprise.

I love meeting people that also know what the Turbo Grafx16 is.

[Necromancer]

Nope, I'm not pretty enough to get hit on by random dudes at bagel shops.

[Warbucks]

Me:  Did you have Turbografx when you were younger?

Everyone Else:  what is that?

Me: nevermind.. what about nintendo

Everyone Else:  Oh, yea.........

[thesteve]

dont think i ever used a bagel shop (for anything)

[Otaking]

I was in a bagel shop earlier and the man behind the counter asked "Do you like crystals?"

[xelement5x]

I try to keep my gaming power level hidden at this point, I used to talk about it a lot when I would go to functions and stuff but I realized most people were bored and didn't really care. 

There are some exceptions though, if I'm someplace like a con or something obviously there is a greater incidence of people who are interested, or if I'm wearing a gaming themed t-shirt and someone is interested I am happy to talk. 

Though I think almost no one really local to me knows about PC Engine, except for some forumites up in Denver . I even started to talk about it at the local retro game shop to some employees and I could just see their eyes glaze over...

[Necromancer]

I even started to talk about it at the local retro game shop to some employees and I could just see their eyes glaze over...

For them, 'retro' probably means 'ps2 and dreamcast'.

[o.pwuaioc]

I even started to talk about it at the local retro game shop to some employees and I could just see their eyes glaze over...

For them, 'retro' probably means 'ps2 and dreamcast'.

Or "NES, SNES, and Sega."

[geise]

I've never met anyone yet who knew what the Turbografx was.  If I ever talk to anyone my age, a tad younger or older I get the usual nintendo/sega answer.  Haha, but usually now it's like what Necro said with ps2, dreamcast.  Now it's probably mostly a region thing.  I am in North Carolina but when I was in Ohio when I was younger the Turbo was all over the place. Quite a few had them in my neighborhood.  What was nice back then was we liked all the systems and no one in my area really hated any one system.

[wildfruit]

I know no one personally that has even played PCE or TG16. I like it that way.

[airsoftmodels]

I have a turbografx t-shirt coming to me in the mail- then we shall see who the real "playas" are in my area : )